From Many, One Great Show
The latest series from Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul), Pluribus dropped onto Apple TV last month with some mysterious advertising. That does the...
The Beauty & the Blecch
Ryan Murphy’s shows and movies outside of the American Horror Story universe feel like properties designed for the digital information age, and that’s not necessarily...
R.I.P., Frederick Wiseman
This past Monday, the news came from Massachusetts that Frederick Wiseman passed away at the age of 96. Most of the film press was...
Burning Down the Hutts
I did not have time to catch up on all three seasons of The Mandalorian before I saw Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Nevertheless,...
The ‘Eeeeaglllle!’ Has Landed
We live in terrifyingly cynical times. We’re so steeped in the stuff that it feels like we’re stuck in the fuselage of a downed...
The Kitchen Is Closed
The Bear completes its last shift after five seasons and one surprise flashback episode. It’s all a melting pot of everything I love and sort...
Lioness: Love Bites
Taylor Sheridan’s Western TV smash Yellowstone and its many spinoffs tend to lean toward stories about men, so Lioness is a complete change of wardrobe. It’s...
Andor-ing
A meme derived from a 2009 political cartoon always comes to mind when I see a new Star Wars project. Farmer Mickey Mouse, with an...
Wicked Widow’s Bay
What if the mayor from Jaws was the hero and had to deal with a cursed island? That’s basically the premise of Widow’s Bay, a...
Blackest Night
DC Comics’ Green Lantern superheroes are defined by the power of imagination. A sort of corps of space cops, they possess power rings that...
